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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Decision by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons

Article R531-19

The date of notification of the decision of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons which appears in the Office's information system, and which is communicated to the co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-15-1

A UCITS may enter into the financial contracts provided for in 5° of the I of Article L. 214-20 and entered into on the markets mentioned in 1°, 2° or 3° of the I of Article R. 214-11 or traded over-t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 256

Sont incapables d'être jurés : 1° Persons whose bulletin no. 1 of the criminal record mentions a conviction for a felony or misdemeanour; 2° (Repealed); 3° Those who are in a state of indictment or in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 258

Persons over the age of seventy or who do not have their main residence in the department in which the assize court has its seat may be exempted from jury duty when they apply to the commission provid…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 257

Jury duty is incompatible with those listed below: 1° Member of the Government, of Parliament, of the Constitutional Council, of the High Council of the Judiciary and of the Economic, Social and Envir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation.

Article R1243-19

…ne or more medical officers to whom the staff carrying out the activities referred to in article R. 1243-1 may refer on any question relating to the medical activities of this establishment or body, i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Adaptation of individual monitoring of workers' state of health

Article R4624-19

…ccupational physician without delay, in accordance with the protocol referred to in Article L. 4624-1. The purpose of this new visit, carried out by the occupational physician, is in particular to pro…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: International wrongful removal of children

Article 1210-10

A copy of the documents in proceedings initiated by the public prosecutor on the basis of articles 1210-4,1210-7,1210-8and 1210-9 must be communicated to the French central authority under the Hague C…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to nationality disputes

Article 1044

If a question of nationality is raised by a party before a court that considers that there is a preliminary question, the court shall refer that party to appeal to the competent judicial court within…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-15

1° A bathing water is characterised by an area where the water is of uniform quality. 2° The bathing season defined for each bathing water is the period during which the presence of a large number of…

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